An accomplished leader, Barry has over 25 years of international medical device experience spanning roles in R&D, Sales & Marketing & C Suite. Barry graduated from University of Limerick in 1996 with an Honours Bachelor of Technology Degree. Postgraduate he competed an Executive MBA at Dublin City University, a Higher Diploma in International Selling, Dublin Institute of Technology and an Executive Leadership Program at Cambridge University, Judge Business School. A postgraduate R&D role with Boston Scientific Galway set the foundation for Barry’s Med Tech career. Thereafter, commercial customer facing roles of increasing responsibility with Johnson & Johnson. As Franchisee Director he led the Ethicon surgical division of J&J’s business in the Irish market. After almost a decade at J&J Barry departed to pursue a personal vision, as founding CEO he established neoSurgical Ltd. Barry led neoSurgical from its Irish inception to international commercialisation scale up and ultimately exit. Demonstrably built and led the development of early device concepts (a suite of class III surgical wound products) through CE and FDA regulatory approval. Barry is a named inventor on several granted patents and proud of his contribution to this area of surgery. Barry brings a proven ability to analyse market and competitor trends, identify global business opportunities, build new sales channels, and penetrate markets. An industry-savvy executive who can drive new product development from initial market assessment through launch and accelerate growth for both new and existing products. Barry is passionate about medical technology, innovation and thrives in anticipating and planning for the needs of people and organisations.

Gerry has worked consistently in medical devices and diagnostics since the late 1970s, spending ten years in the USA industry sector during that time. He has had a number of increasingly responsible technical roles within Technicon, Sherwood Medical and C.R. Bard/Medtronic, most recently that of senior engineering manager within R&D at Medtronic. His expertise lies in process development, new technology investigation and product design methodologies. He has several patents and trade secrets to his credit and has been charged with IP development at leadership level. A believer in team synergy, he is passionate about innovation that occurs at the boundaries of diverse disciplines. Gerry was a BioInnovate Ireland Fellow 2014, during which he further developed his skills at identifying unmet clinical needs and finding solutions through the application of experience and good engineering practice.

John Egan is the Technical Operations Director at Loci Orthopaedics with extensive experience in the design, development, and production of medical devices. Vast experience gained through working in small start-up’s, medium multinational and large multinational companies, throughout each stage of the development life cycle. Excellent organisational skills and comprehensive knowledge of the medical device design industry and regulations across various working functions; R&D, Process Development, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Sustaining, Quality, Regulatory, Clinical Trials, Marketing & Commercial Clinical Use. Previously worked with companies including Novate Medical, Creganna Medical, Boston Scientific and Vetex Medical. John graduated from University of Galway with a First-Class Honours degree in Biomedical Engineering before entering industry.

Fiona graduated from Biomedical Engineering at NUI Galway, receiving the Medtronic Excellence Award for finishing top of the class in 2018. She has previously undertaken research at Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta using SolidWorks for designing apparatus for artificial heart valve testing, data analysis and working with MATLAB software. Fiona has also worked in the R&D department at Boston Scientific becoming proficient with MIMICS and 3Matics software to evaluate patient-specific data. Since joining Loci Orthopaedics, Fiona has led many of the company's design verification and validation projects including packaging, sterilization, biocompatibility, bench testing, reprocessing and helped with regulatory submissions in the EU and US. She is also the lead CAD engineer and is a named inventor on design patents, developed an app and conducted fundamental research in the area of implants for thumb base joint arthritis.